ICE CUBES: 100 years of Wanamaker

POSTED: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 2:00 PM

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You love the eagle and I love the eagle but you’ll never be able to call its perching spot by its current name without thinking Wanamaker’s, no matter how long Macy’s name has been in place. So get over it and get in the spirit of The Wanamaker Building’s 100th Anniversary. Though the actual date of its is birth is Dec. 30, more than a few events will continue throughout the month to celebrate the first department store in Philadelphia — its eagle gifted to us straight from the St. Louis World's Fair and its designation a National Historic landmark since 1978. While there's a private event in the Crystal Tea Room with Mayor Michael Nutter and Paul Levy, president of the Center City District, tonight, you can celebrate downstairs at the Holiday Pageant of Lights and The Dickens Village while you look for your bratty kids and yearn to hear John Facenda’s voice during the Christmas show.

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